Nonstop flight route between Casa Grande, Arizona, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), Casa Grande, Arizona, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,302 miles (or 5,314 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Casa Grande Municipal Airport and Thule Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Casa Grande Municipal Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ):

• The closest airport to Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) is Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NNE of CGZ.
• On February 7, 2013 a twin engine Beechcraft King Air crashed at Casa Grande at 11:45 a.m.
• Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,477 miles (18,470 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• In 1957 construction began on 4 Nike Missile sites around the base, and they and their radar systems were operational by the end of 1958.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• The ratification of the treaty in 1951 did not change much, except that the Danish national flag Dannebrog must be side by side with Stars and Stripes on the base.
• The furthest airport from Thule Air Base (THU) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 9,883 miles (15,905 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Thule Air Base is the U.S.
• Thule is the location where the fastest recorded sea level surface wind speed in the world was measured when a peak speed of 333 kilometres per hour was recorded on 8 March 1972 prior to the instrument's destruction.
• Late 1950s the DEW 1 to 4 where build as "weather stations", Thule Air Base would act as an supply station for the DYE bases.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".